OpenRead fails to open fifo (aka a pipe). Why?
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- Subject: [mg124597] OpenRead fails to open fifo (aka a pipe). Why?
- From: Ian <carroll.ian at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:25:25 -0500 (EST)
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I'm working with Mathematica 8 on Linux. First, from the command line: >>mkfifo aPipe In Mathematica, OpenWrite["aPipe"] works like a charm. I can write to it and get the result on the command line using cat. But, OpenRead["aPipe"] fails with "OpenRead::noopen: Cannot open aPipe." Why isn't Mathematica able to open the pipe for reading? Can anyone suggest a workaround for reading lines out of a fifo? Thanks -Ian